Manhunt 2 banned in UK

The BBFC, protectors of the innocent and all round moral super beings, have decided that we can't be trusted to play Manhunt 2. Wii and PS2 versions failed to get a certificate. Director David Cooke has this to say;

"Where possible we try to consider cuts or, in the case of games, modifications which remove the material which contravenes the Board’s published Guidelines. In the case of Manhunt 2 this has not been possible, ...Manhunt 2 is distinguishable from recent high-end video games by its unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone in an overall game context which constantly encourages visceral killing with exceptionally little alleviation or distancing. ...There is sustained and cumulative casual sadism in the way in which these killings are committed, and encouraged, in the game, ...Although the difference should not be exaggerated the fact of the game’s unrelenting focus on stalking and brutal slaying and the sheer lack of alternative pleasures on offer to the gamer, together with the different overall narrative context, contribute towards differentiating this submission from the original Manhunt game, ...Against this background, the Board’s carefully considered view is that to issue a certificate to Manhunt 2, on either platform."

This is not the first time that the BBFC has refused a certificate for a game. In 1997 Catmageddon was refused a certificate following a contraversial marketing campaign.